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    The Bluesman: The Musical Heritage of Black Men and Women in the Americas by Julio Finn

    Black America/Black Power Books
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    Examines the spiritual, social, and anthropological roots of the blues, discussing African animist religion, the slave trade, Voodoo, Hoodoo, and the early country blues and its modern urban electric equivalent, and profiles major blues performer. Deep innit

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    Diana Ross: A Legend in Focus (2000)by Sharon Davis
     
    Funk/Soul, Books
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      Large format secondhand hardback book
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    Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
    Great pics and bio!
    Funk/Soul, Books
    • Original Book (500g)£10.00
      Secondhand paperback in great condition​
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    The Folk Music Encyclopaediaby Kristin Baggelaar And Donald Milton (1977)
     
    Folk, Books, Rock
    • Original Book (1kg)£15.00
      Secondhand out of print hardback book ex-library with stamps in good condition
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    Gordon ParksNo Excuses
    Gordon Parks overcame the obstacles of poverty and racism and never gave up on his dreams. He attributes his drive for excellence to his mother who told...
    Books, Black America/Black Power Books
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      secondhand USA hardback ex-library
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    French-American cooking from New Orleans to Quebecby Morton G Clark
     
    Cookery Books
    Let's Visit NigeriaBy Nicholas Freville
    Very groovy small hardback book 1968, republished 74. Secondhand hardback
    African , Books
    Dusty : An intimate Portrait Of Dusty Springfield (2008)by Sharon Davis
     
    Funk/Soul, Books
    If I Can Dream: Elvis's Own Storyby Larry Geller And Joel Spector (1989)
    A long-time confidante of Elvis Presley reveals intimate details of the legendary performer's dreams and disillusionments, showing his disintegration due...
    Rock, Books
    Scientists of Sound: Portraits of a UK Reggae Sound Systemby Simon Jones & Paul Pinnock
    New large format paperbackThis book provides a snapshot of UK reggae sound system culture during its 1980s heyday. Scientists of Sound is a documentary...
    Reggae, Books
    The Restaurants of New Orleans by Roy F. Gusteby Roy F. Guste, JR
    Nice!s/hand hardback book w/dustjacket
    New Orleans Music, Books, Funk/Soul
    Kyle Dixon & Michael SteinStranger Things Volume 3
    Third sound instalment from the most recent series of the popular Netflix show 'Stranger Things'
    Soundtracks, Electronic
      The "Rolling Stones" Off the Recordby Mark Paytress
      This book is in diary form, but it is so much more than just a band diary. It's a bit of social history with all the social and political comings and goings...
      Rock, Books
      • Original Book (1kg)£10.00
        s/hand hardback book w/dustjacket, sticker on side in good condition
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      Kurt CobainThe Last Session
      66% OFF THIS SUPER DELUXE LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK!!CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!! Kurt Cobain innit! Frohmans 100-plus photographs, including contact sheets,...
      Books, Photography Books, Rock
      Frequency SynthesizerTheory and Design
      Rare book on synthesizers. Hardback secondhand w/dustjacket in plastic, ex library w/stamps
      Books
      OctavianEndorphins
      23 year old Angolan / French / British rapper Octavian continues his meteoric rise with the release of a brand new mixtape. Titled Endorphinsit his second...
      Hip-Hop, Grime, Bass/Dubstep
      • Octavian – Gangster Love Intro
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      • Octavian – Molly Go Down
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      • Octavian – Bet ft Skepta & Michael Phantom
      • Octavian – Feel It ft Theophilus London
      • Octavian – Risking Our Lives >> AAA + Interlude
      Emeli SandeReal Life
      Fourth album release from pop/soul singer, Emeli Sande!
      Funk/Soul, Indie Rock / Pop
        Sex Pistols: 90 Days At EMIby Brian Southall
        'As new' secondhand book
        Punk, Books
        In The Spiritby Michael P Smith
        Wicked New Orleans pix!
        New Orleans Music, Books, Funk/Soul
        The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Musicby Richard Williams
        s/hand book
        Jazz, Books
        Roy HeathThe Murderer (1979)
        A very good short story about flawed characters and evocative of a time and place in Guyana.  secondhand paperback
        Black Britain
        • Original Book (200g)£7.00
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        Black Music in the United States: an Annotated Bibliographyby Samuel A. Floyd Jr & Marsha J. Reisser
        Includes section on Bibliographies of bibliographies and Bibliographies on biographies (!) and 'records and record collections'
        Black America/Black Power Books
        • Original Book (650g)£20.00
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        The OutsiderAlbert Camus
        It's a classic
        Motown - Artist by Artistby Pat Morgan
         
        Motown, Books, Funk/Soul
        • Original Book (600g)£7.00
          Original UK hardback small tear on front
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        Scooby: The Glory of the Rideby Stuart 'Scooby' Cochrane
        More Ibiza madness
        House Music, Books
        • Original Book (400g)£8.00
          Original secondhand book in ok condition
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        Warrior & His Oriental Brothers InternationalMy Success (1981)
        Original Nigerian Vinyl! Vinyl/sleeve VG Lots of surface scratches plays well /sleeve F/G- +High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
        African
          From the heat of the Dayby Roy Heath
           
          Caribbean Books
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          Angelique KidjoCelia
           
          African , Funk/Soul
            Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
            Original secondhand hardback first edition (laminated dust jacket, ex library w/stamps)
            Books, Caribbean Books
            The Vice LordsWarriors of the Streets
            Rare USA small secondhand book in good condition - cultural anthropology case studies about the legendary street gang. This is 1978 edition with different...
            Black America/Black Power Books
            The Wire+ The Wire Tapper
            The Wire magazine, with features on the great minds of the music industry, reviews on SOTU favourites and more! Also includes a free wire tapper cd!
            Magazines, Music
            The BuzzcutsDead or Alive (Extended Mix)
            Previously only released on CD, the extended mix of a cult party classic - a key staple in a DJ Harvey set! Very limited copies in circulation- don't sleep...
            New Disco and re-edits, Disco
              Gerald McCauleyWondering
              "Wondering" that came as a result was brought to life by the singer and industry insider Gerald McCauley, who turned his soul inside out for the performance....
              Funk/Soul
                The Rolling StonesHonkThe Very Best Of
                Disc One 1. “Start Me Up”2. “Brown Sugar”3. “Rocks Off”4. “Miss You”5. “Tumbling Dice”6. “Just Your Fool”7. “Wild Horses”8....
                Rock
                Highlife Saturday NightPopular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana
                WICKED BOOK! USA IMPORT PAPERBACK 60% OFF!!!! Highlife Saturday Night captures the vibrancy of Saturday nights in Ghana-when musicians took to the stage...
                African , Books
                LeewayLee Morgan Discography
                Excellent discography on man like Lee Morgan, every record session! "Roger Wernboe has done Jazz scholars, fans, and collectors a great favor. Thanks...
                Jazz, Books
                • Book (200g)£25.00
                  Out of print RARE paperback book. NEW, SEALED OPENED ONCE
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                The Clash FAQAll That s Left to Know About the Clash City Rockers
                OVER 50% OFF!!!Founded by guitarist Mick Jones and fronted by the legendary Joe Strummer, the Clash had the charisma of Elvis, the integrity of the Beatles,...
                Books, Punk
                Laviscount BrassJamarona / Push Ya Push Day
                VERY HEAVY & RARE CALYPSO TUNE - junp-up heavy percussion and brass instrumental cut 2-sider!
                Calypso
                • Laviscount Brass – Jamarona
                • Laviscount Brass – Push Ya Push Day
                • Original 7"£30.00
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                Contemporary Music: An Introductionby Francis Routh (1968)
                Neat secondhand small hardback book w/dustjacket. Varese, Schoenberg, Copland
                Books
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                I Am Not Your NegroWritten by James Baldwin, Directed by Raoul PeckAltitude
                Documentary narrated by Samuel L Jackson based on James Baldwin's book documenting race in America and the death of his close friends Martin Luther King,...
                Films
                Soul of a Nation (BOOK)Art in the Age of Black Power
                BACK IN STOCK!!!!In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young Black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions...
                Jazz, Black America/Black Power Books, Art Books
                African Musics in Context. Institutions, Culture, Identityby Thomas Solomon
                African Musics in Context discusses the place of performing arts in Ugandan society, archiving music and music sources, performing archival music, performing...
                African , Books
                CoversRetracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London
                Superb deluxe hardback book. "Covers: Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London" is a project by photographer Alex Bartsch documenting reggae album covers...
                Books, Reggae
                Blood Posse (1994)by Phillip Baker
                Yardie stylee! 'This book follows the life of Danny, a young Jamaican growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s. At the age of 18, in the middle of a sectarian...
                Books, Reggae
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                Just Above My Headby James Baldwin
                'This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers' Edmund White, Washington Post When Arthur Montana, world-renowned 'Emperor of Soul',...
                Cult Literature Classics
                • Original Book (900g)£20.00
                  UK 1st edition hardback w/dustjacket covered in plastic in great condition
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                Music in Africaby Adana Dzemila
                Africa is such a large and diverse continent. Outside Africa, there is often only talk about Africa as one country: For example Tunisia and Tanzania could...
                African , Books
                Lion SongsThomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
                NEARLY 70% OFF ORIGINAL PRICE! LOVELY USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!! Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader...
                Books, African
                R.I.P.: New York Spraycan Memorialsby Martha Cooper
                Nice book!
                Hip-Hop, Books
                Mars by 1980 - The Story of Electronic MusicBy David Stubbs
                New KILLER 100% essential MASSIVE 450+ pages book about the history of electronic music. 'Mars by 1980' is written by the very groovy David Stubbs, author...
                Electronic , Books
                The Philly Sound BOOKPhiladelphia Soul Music and its R&B Rootsby Dave Moore (UK) and Jason Thornton (US)
                B ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING & STUNNING 700-page hardback book! FREE UK SHIPPING!!!!! Everything you ever wanted to know about the music of Philadelphia....
                Funk/Soul, Books
                Greatest Highlife Hits (1987)Various
                 
                African
                  • Original LP£18.00
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